[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-worlds-apocalypse-online":3,"chapter-worlds-apocalypse-online-worlds-apocalypse-online-chapter-388":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Worlds' Apocalypse Online",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1790834,2388,"Chapter 386 - Saving a Blade","worlds-apocalypse-online-chapter-388",388,"\u003Cp>Chapter 386: Saving a Blade\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>TN: from this chapter onwards, the Six Paths of Reincarnation will be referred to as the Samsara. They are the exact same thing, but Samsara takes less work to type XD.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan hid at the bottom of the Forgetting River, moving ahead in full speed for about an hour.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For one hour straight, no creatures could be seen in the river.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After so long, he finally couldn’t take it anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan came up from the bottom of the Forgetting River, lightly hovering above the water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was already really far from the dark tunnel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sunset reflected on the water surface made everything appear faint, even the reflections of the sky above was blurry and chaotic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When standing above the vast river without ends, all he could faintly see were a few tall mountains really far away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, it was a vast mountain range that connected the sky and the earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Gu Qing Shan faced this direction, the mountain was all that he could see in his vision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mountain was like a wall that blocked out the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Seems like this is the way” Gu Qing Shan commented.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sticking close to the surface of the water, he started flying towards the towering mountain range.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old saying ‘Looking at the mountain kills the horse’ wasn’t wrong, it took Gu Qing Shan a whole two hours of flying before he got close to the foot of the mountain. (1)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, Gu Qing Shan was surprised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two lines of glowing text appeared on the War God UI.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[You’ve arrived at the Grand Tie Wei Mountain] (2)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[The Grand Tie Wei Mountain is hell itself, formed from the Law of Huang Quan and hells, this mountain protects the 6 worlds of Samsara]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Reading that, Gu Qing Shan’s expression turned solemn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So this was the Grand Tie Wei Mountain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Grand Tie Wei Mountain was the outermost layer of the samsara.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the story of legends, outside the Samsara, there exists a Wind of Chaotic Tribulation that destroys everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a type of power even more terrifying than the space vortex.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once the Wind of Chaotic Tribulation gets into a world, it’ll destroy both the world and everything that exists within it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before the Wind of Chaotic Tribulation, no creatures have any hope to survive, the world itself would also disappear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the Grand Tie Wei Mountain is the only thing that can stop this type of wind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the grand mountain that protected the entirety of the Samsara.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lower half of the Grand Tie Wei Mountain rested in the Forgetting River, where there are pathways leading deep into the endless underground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The 18 hells of legends actually lie within these pathways below the Grand Tie Wei Mountain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This mountain shields the inside from the wind of destruction, while suppressing the 18 hells that rests below itself, an incredible mountain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After stopping to stare at the Grand Tie Wei Mountain for a while, Gu Qing Shan started heading towards the foot of the mountain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It can’t be helped, since there was nothing inside the Forgetting River except the blue-dress maid from before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had no choice but to enter the mountain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>About another half hour of flying later, a faint sound of commotion could be heard from afar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan tilted his ears to listen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Screams, yells, the sound of metal hitting each other.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Immense killing intent that filled the mountain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan was very close to the Grand Tie Wei Mountain at this point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Gu Qing Shan focused, he saw that there were countless demons and dead people on the mountain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were fighting among each other.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All sorts of demonic creatures, humans, giants, fiendkind as well as chaotic creatures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were killing each other in an all-out chaotic battle that didn’t rest for even a single second.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan silently ducked down into the water and observed this without anyone’s notice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So the demons have taken over hell?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Doesn’t seem like it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some of the dead were allied with the demons to kill the other deads.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other deads were desperately fighting back, doing everything they can to kill the demons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An abrupt sound of something ripping through the air caught Gu Qing Shan’s attention.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This sound was like that of an extremely sharp knife cutting through the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Slightly sticking his head from the water, he looked at where the Blade was heading in the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the foot of the mountain really close to the Forgetting River, innumerable demons and dead allied with each other to corner a group of dead that had barely over a hundred people left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This group of just over a hundred dead were being pushed back towards the Forgetting River.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Stop running you spineless cowards! Go back to your hell and sleep!” a Fiendkind roared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seems that the dead in hell only use their thoughts to communicate, so despite being from different Eras, the souls could understand each other.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The smaller group of dead were slowly being slaughter until there were no more of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The 10 remaining dead were protecting an armored dead human that carried a Blade in his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Despite being overwhelmingly outnumbered, they still persevered and fought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On this part of the mountain that was close to the foot, the demons and dead surrounded and wanted to put these resisting dead back to sleep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the dead human wasn’t that easy to kill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Blade in his hand had unbelievable power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whenever he slashed with it, sharp chills would form blade slashes that flew forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The demons and dead that took this attack head on couldn’t survive, instantly slaughtered without offering any resistance at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But there were so many of them, whenever one of them died, another would quickly follow to fill the opening, and then some.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The demons were rushing in towards them nonstop to surround them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Despite his might, the dead human could only temporarily ensure that the enemies couldn’t get close to himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His men were quickly killed one by one, until he was the only one left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Die! Die! All of you die!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dead human screamed and roared, constantly moving his body to make sure his attacks had no opening to be taken advantage of.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he was only a single person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was already staggering and even almost fell down a few times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And when he does, the demons and the dead would spare no time to make sure he stays down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Earth sword hovered in the air, asking in a low voice: 「 What now? 」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let’s save him first” Gu Qing Shan answered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Following his thought, the Earth sword flew out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With its full weight of 86,370,000 tons, the Earth sword turned into a blinding crescent slash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The slash was so large that it instantly cleared out a large area in an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Any demons that tried to stop the Earth sword all got turned to mush.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Receiving such a chance, the dead human managed to catch his breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But since he was covered in wounds, this short moment of relief instead of helping him, caused him to collapse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Who are you!” he shouted as he looked over to Gu Qing Shan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The one who saves you” Gu Qing Shan answered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His Blade suddenly rang loudly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m already done” the person threw the Blade upwards and shouted: “Save it!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only the Blade?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan jumped up, catching him and his Blade in midair before jumping back down into the Forgetting River.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The river split apart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan took the dead human into the Forgetting River with him, weaving his way through.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the demons got close to the Forgetting River, they didn’t dare to get in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They know about its dangers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they fall into the Forgetting River, the only thing waiting for them will be suffering in hell or be reincarnated into another world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Laws of Huang Quan doesn’t give exceptions even to demons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While roaring in regret, the demons could only stand at the river banks and watch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Get out of the way, we’ll do it!” a dead Fiendkind hissed as it pushed the demons aside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dead can enter Forgetting River.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They jumped into the river one after another, chasing after Gu Qing Shan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan swung the Chao Yin sword backwards.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Forgetting River kicked up large waves that pushed the dead back to the river bank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the dead finally stood up and wanted to enter the Forgetting River, they found it already returned to its original state.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The person they were chasing was nowhere to be seen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few dozen miles away, the bottom of the Forgetting River.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dead human laid on the ground, unmoving.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a while, he slowly sunk into the ground and disappeared without a trace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「 His wounds were too heavy, he’s dead 」the Earth sword spoke with an echoing voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yeah, I had hoped to get a bit of information from him” Gu Qing Shan said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A dead person when killed will go back into slumber in hell, waiting for the next time they wake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan felt a bit frustrated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He originally wanted to ask about what happened in Huang Quan before deciding his next actions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who would’ve thought the person would die so quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While he was considering to catch a dead person, the Blade on the ground moved by itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hm?” Gu Qing Shan squinted his eyes and held the Earth sword tight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t panic, we’re on the same side”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Blade spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah, how do you know I’m on the same side as you?” Gu Qing Shan stared straight at the Blade and asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He saw the Blade’s power with his own eyes so he can’t be careless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Your presence. You have her presence on you, so of course you’re one of us” the Blade stood up and spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A puff of white light slowly manifested at the hilt of the Blade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a small, pure white bird.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The small white bird flew up and flew circles around Gu Qing Shan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It spoke with relief: “I can finally catch my breath”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Note:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(1) Looking at the mountain kills the horse: a Chinese idiom, it means looking at a goal too far away without realizing it will end badly for you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(2) Grand Tie Wei Mountain: Literally “great border mountain of steel”, the origins of which has been explained above. The word reincarnation itself implies a never ending cycle, like a turning wheel, so the Samsara has always been represented as a wheel, in which the 6 sections inside are the worlds, or paths of reincarnation. For this reason, it’s easier to think of the Grand Tie Wei mountain as a sort of tire for the wheel that protects the things inside.\u003C\u002Fp>",1822,"2026-06-09T03:05:01.244Z",1,"novelbin.me","a5d475dd59581e8734f4a0a87d295025bc6fb87119be5e3295ff786b2e77f4bd","worlds-apocalypse-online-chapter-389","worlds-apocalypse-online-chapter-387",1850,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fworlds-apocalypse-online-cover.jpg"]